Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 744024
ipa-client-install return code indicates a success, even though it failed
Last modified: 2011-12-06 13:42:19 EST
Description of problem: Running a ipa-client-install, that fails, has an exit code of 0 > ipa-client-install --domain=abc -p XXX -w XXX -U will throw an error: Unable to find IPA Server to join Installation failed. Rolling back changes. IPA client is not configured on this system. And then > echo $? indicates a zero as if ipa-client was installed successfully, but looks like this return code is to say that when install failed, it uninstalled successfully....which is not as expected, since I'm checking the status of the client install I just attempted. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): ipa-client-2.1.1-4.el6.x86_64 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. run a bad install command like: ipa-client=install or ipa-client-install --domain=abc -p XXX -w XXX -U 2. Error is thrown to indicate the client install failed 3. Check exit status echo $? Actual results: 0 Expected results: 1 Additional info:
Upstream ticket: https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/1937
Fixed upstream: master: https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/changeset/af63731363c23f879ccefcd4b03695f463dbab3f ipa-2-1: https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/changeset/e2182d67aecd32903f30a3a0b67450158d6a8776
Verified using ipa-client-2.1.2-2.el6.x86_64 # ipa-client-install -U One of password and principal are required. Installation failed. Rolling back changes. IPA client is not configured on this system. # echo $? 1
Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team. New Contents: Cause: ipa-client-install may return success return code even when the installation has failed Consequence: Automated tools running ipa-client-install cannot use the return code to tell if the installation was successful and would have to parse its output Fix: Proper error code is returned when ipa-client-install fails Result: Automated tools can use the return code to check if the installation was successful
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1533.html